Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855, the city has evolved into a political and technological centre of Canada. Its original boundaries were expanded through numerous minor annexations and were ultimately replaced by a new city incorporation and major amalgamation in 2001 which significantly increased its land area. The city name "Ottawa" was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River nearby, which is a word derived from the Algonquin wordOdawa, meaning "to trade".

The John Hossack House was a "station" on the Underground Railroad, and Ottawa was a major stop because of its rail, road, and river transportation. Citizens in the city were active within the abolitionist movement. Ottawa was the site of a famous 1859 extrication of a runaway slave named Jim Gray from a courthouse by prominent civic leaders of the time. Three of the civic leaders, John Hossack, Dr. Joseph Stout and James Stout, later stood trial in Chicago for violating the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.

Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855, the city has evolved into a political and technological centre of Canada. Its original boundaries were expanded through numerous minor annexations and were ultimately replaced by a new city incorporation and major amalgamation in 2001 which significantly increased its land area. The city name "Ottawa" was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River nearby, which is a word derived from the Algonquin wordOdawa, meaning "to trade".

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NorthOttawaCommunity HealthSystem’s medical group — which includes 82 staff members, including 20 physicians — recently joined MercyHealth Physician Partners... While the North Ottawa system has an independent hospital in Grand Haven and offers services such as surgery, pulmonary, gastroenterology and neurology, Assaad said there are additional specialists who can be recruited to serve the community’s needs....

Ottawa Senators general manager PierreDorion ran into UND coach Brad Berry on Saturday afternoon in American Airlines Center in Dallas. The encounter came after the Senators used first- and second-round draft picks to select UND’s top two incoming recruits. First, Ottawa drafted defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker at No ... “I think Ottawa did that a little bit as a plan....

The Ottawa Senators have a checkered history drafting University of North Dakota defence recruits...Back in 2005, the Senators chose Brian Lee ninth overall. While Lee played in the Senators organization from 2007 to 2012, he never lived up his draft status and was little more than a depth defenceman for most of his tenure in Ottawa ... / ... / ... ....

As the trial of an Ottawa man accused of helping to recruit for ISIS gets underway, a former CSIS analyst said the terror group is less interested in bringing recruits across the world, preferring instead that they strike here ... ....

The terrorism trial of Ottawa’s Awso Peshdary, alleged Islamic Staterecruiter and financier, is finally underway after years of legal and law enforcement delays ... That is, until he connected with a group of friends in Ottawa, Peshdary allegedly among them ... Maguire converted to Islam after moving to Ottawa.[/caption] OnceJohn left for Syria, where he told his family he was doing humanitarian work, they remained in contact with him....

A former CFL player turned Ottawa police officer has pre-emptively resigned from the force that was after his badge for allegedly having sex with multiple women while on duty, this newspaper has learned ... The former CFL player was hired by the OttawaPoliceService in 2005 and was featured often on recruitment posters and force promotional materials. However, Mallett did not turn out to be a star recruit....

A number of Calgary students are among the team of youth recruited from all over Canada tasked with finalizing a new document in Ottawa aimed at protecting and fulfilling the rights of children ... ....

Faced with the daunting requirement of hiring up to 500 cops over the next five years, the OttawaPoliceService is assigning more officers to find candidates in a highly competitive field for police recruits...The police services board's human resources committee on Monday learned that the force is assembling a new recruitment team to attract candidates....